Based on the original manga by Hikaru Katsuki, Baby Steps centers on a honor student named Eiichiro Maruo who becomes frustrated with his life and decides to join the tennis club. Despite lacking experience and physical strength, he utilizes his studious nature to develop a strategic approach to playing tennis. Taking notes of his opponents’ habits and tendencies, he is able to predict their next move before they even react. He also meets Natsu Takasaki, a beautiful girl with a passion for tennis. With her help, he aims to become a professional tennis player. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Japanese study overview
Baby Steps is a Japanese anime of 117,446 characters, with 4,440 unique words and 1,096 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,440 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 君Mr×478
- 俺I×328
- 丸尾Maruo×235
- 試合match×226
- 今now×168
- 逞しいburly×163
- 勝つto win×161
- 言うto say×150
- 宮川Minagawa×143
- 相手companion×143
- 荒谷Aratani×143
- 思うto think×138
- 難波江Naniwae×88
- 鷹崎Takasaki×65
- 岩佐Iwasa×64
- 大林Oohayashi×58
- 全日本all of Japan×36
- 打点runs batted in×35
- １回戦first game×28
- 壁打ちbouncing a ball against a wall (e.g. tennis exercise)×20